Iranian-backed Houthi rebels renew attacks on key port city, and other developments in the Mideast

Iranian-backed Houthi rebels are keeping up their pressure with renewed attacks on government-controlled areas in Yemen

Iran has imposed an effective blockade of the strait since the United States and Israel attacked in late February, and wants to charge tolls for passage, striking ships it accuses of attempting to circumvent its preferred route.

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Iran's president says the country's supreme leader is calling for ''unity and cohesion'' as the Islamic Republic faces economic hardships and sanctions stemming from its war with the United States.

The latest Houthi attacks come less than 24 hours after an earlier barrage struck al-Makha (Mocha) and its commercial port.

The Iran-backed Houthi terrorist group attacked an Aramco oil refinery in Saudi Arabia and a critical Red Sea port on Sunday, killing at least seven people, officials said.

Mokha is one of the main ports under Yemen’s internationally recognized government, renovated in recent years to handle shipping that avoids the Houthi-held ports in Hodeida.